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I have to disagree with some of the first statements about slowing down does not make any savings. YES IT DOES!!! First on longer runs travelling slower will save fuel and that means more money in your pocket. Secondly driving slower and utilizing less fuel means either less time...

Well the worst place I've seen for bad drivers who not only tailgate but cut you off with zero space to space is in Montreal during slowhour (some call it rush hour) and I've seen them rush up the ending right lane right to the armco barrier and then just turn left into the left lane without a...

Only one question... have the Iphones got a better battery yet??? I looked at the specs back when they came out and the battery life totally sucked. My sanyo unit runs for days without a charge if not used and even when used for a few calls a day it still lasts about a week on a charge. So...

Should be captured and used. Up here the gov't finally caught onto this idea and is using the methane from the garbage dumps to generate electricity. Mind you small amounts but at least it's something sensible. in england they are now using methane for large scale electricity production and I...

One little tidbit of info for you in canada is that Sunoco and Ultramar have a sharing deal of west of Quebec Sunoco supplies the stations with fuel, both Sunoco and Ultramar (in fact many Ultramar stations are rebranded) and in Quebec and parts east they use fuel from the large Montreal...

Shame to see Cat out of the truck engine line as they've been a force in it for so long. I know over the last decade their sales have been lower and the cost of developing newer restricted emmission engines has been high. The competition from MB, Cummins and DD has been very strong for years...

Most mfrs for cargo vans recommend the like of 80 for the rears and 55-60 for the fronts. I found the handling changes interesting when increasing the fronts from the mfr recommended levels. yes ride is nicer with lower pressure as the tires absorb more of the smaller bumps by compressing more...

Well I run a laptop with streets and trips. I route at the pickup and see where it says to go and then I use a map (yup those paper contraptions) to see if I like the route or if there's a better one. A lot of times I know a shorter route so I use that instead of the gps assigned one. I have...

here in Ontario Fly J used to buy fuel from Esso and now mostly from Shell. They have also made a deal with Shell for several of their Acces truck stops card lock stations here. Now under the old Esso fuel several guys running the Duramax engined trucks reported lower fuel mileage some as bad...

Today near noon 8 tractor trailers were involved along with a pickup truck in an accident on the 401 westbound near Mavis Rd exit in Mississauga. of course in this stretch the trucks are just getting upto speed so usually are following too close and this appears to be the case of them all...

Well delivered several cases of imported wine to Geddy Lee (famous rock musician). I also delivered Farley Mowats (cdn author) luggage to him after he was refused entry to a foreign country for whatever reason and he came back on one flight and luggage on another. Delivered the lighting used...

well for me being in the Toronto area things seemed to have picked up quite a bit. I've only had the weekends (not this one, did 400mi) and a couple of other days where I did little work and have had 900 miles/week avg including DH and paid about $1.30 for all. So actually it has been...

Sprinter trannies are known to have heat problems so a second cooler would be prudent. For this reason I've changed my fluid and filter sooner than the recommended distance in the manual. It really does not take a lot to burn the fluid in a sprinter. It can happen with just one day of...

Yeah never liked the old dodge and the ford idea for extended body vans. That's why I used to buy the gm as the wheelbase was longer. Made for a bigger turning circle but much better ride and load distribution. Same for the sprinter as they also extend the wheelbase. Works rather well...

Just an fyi for those sprinter drivers out there. Amsoil has oil for the sprinter meeting the new .51 spec (5w-40 euro synthetic). I've been buying the fram oil filters and in canada no aftermarket fuel filters available. The dealers here have raised the oil filters to $26 and change from...

So you've finally figured out what I've been doing for years. Drive a little slower and save!!! At IBC another driver and I used to do runs to Thunderbay Ont. it was about 870 mile run. We both drove the same trucks with same engines, trannies, rear ends. He however always spent more for...

Interesting thread. But this business is not the hardest to learn. Bsically it is P&D but with only one load at a time (usually) rather than a route. So less to learn for running. But there is still lots to learn and first thing is to minimize expenses and maximize profits, hence business...

The fuel differencce for 800lbs is not there. I have found over 1000lbs for the fuel to be effected and usually it takes 1500lbs to notice. But that having been said in my search for another truck I've been politely told by the company that a tailgate lift will definitely earn the truck a lot...

can't tell you what you ask. But can tell you that for all the guys I've met working there about 50% were looking for other carriers and a strange thing about them is that hardly any would talk about what's it like there. So little info from the drivers who've been there awhile. Before...

Here in canada we've had prices around the $4.00 per US gal for a long time now. Right now the cheapest I know of is around 3.90/us gal. So we have managed and yes we do make less profit. The market here is smaller than the US and so we suffer as costs are higher to do anything. BUt this has...